Departmental News
Departmental News
Recent Department News
Rowan ChE 2024-2025 Year in Photos
Photo stream of our Rowan University Chemical Engineering department activities this past 2024-2025 academic year.
Rowan ChE @2025 Commencement
Congratulations to all our Rowan University Chemical Engineering graduates of 2025, and best wishes to your future endeavors!
Rowan ChE awards!
Congratulations to our Rowan Chemical Engineering students, staff, and faculty on receiving department, college, university, and external awards!
ChE faculty receives Early Career Bridge Grant!
New ChE faculty, Dr. Xiaohui Xu, receives a two-year $125K ACS Early Career Bridge Grant to support her sustainability research.
ChE Faculty receives new industry grant!
ChE faculty, Dr. Gerard Capellades, receives a two-year $265K industry grant from Eli Lilly to combat impurities during pharmaceutical processing.
ChE Dept receives GAANN Award!
Rowan ChE, led by Dr. Andrea Vernengo, receives a $1.7M DoEd GAANN grant to support multiple PhD fellows to pursue chemical sustainability research.
AMMI receives major US Army grant!
AMMI, led by ChE faculty Dr. Joe Stanzione, receives a five-year U.S. Army grant of up to $36M to develop advanced materials via convergent manufacturing.
ChE faculty receive new EPA grant!
ChE faculty, Drs. Hesketh & Yenkie, receive a new $350K EPA grant over two years to reduce and replace fluorochemicals that have high global warming potentials.
ChE alum inducted into College Alumni Circle
ChE alum, Krystal Wrigley (BS'05), was honored as a 2024 inductee into the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Alumni Circle of Distinction.
Welcome to our new Rowan ChE faculty
We welcome our new Chemical Engineering tenure track faculty pursuing research and education in sustainability!
Rowan ChE @2024 Commencement
Congratulations to all our Rowan University Chemical Engineering graduates of 2024, and best wishes to your future endeavors!
Rowan ChE students win awards!
Congratulations to our Rowan Chemical Engineering students on receiving department, college, and university awards!
Rowan ChE faculty win awards!
Congratulations to our Rowan Chemical Engineering faculty on receiving department, college, and university awards!
Dr. Kirti Yenkie receives the NSF CAREER Award!
Dr. Kirti Yenkie receives the NSF CAREER Award to design more environmentally sustainable process systems using mathematical modeling and AI tools.
Dr. Gerard Capellades receives the NSF CAREER Award!
Dr. Gerard Capellades receives the NSF CAREER Award to pursue work in understanding pharmaceutical crystal impurities.
Dr. Jun Hee Jang receives the ACS Early Career Bridge Grant!
Dr. Jun Hee Jang receives the ACS Early Career Postdoctoral-Faculty Bridge grant to jumpstart sustainability research & teaching.
Rowan ChE joins MACH2 on clean hydrogen initiatives!
Dr. Ken Lau and Rowan ChE join the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen (MACH2) Hub on clean H2 research and workforce development.
ChE faculty partner with battery company on DOE grant!
Drs. Ken Lau and Joe Stanzione team up with battery company, HiT Nano, to develop high performance cathode materials.
ChE faculty partner with battery companies on DoD STTR grant!
Drs. Ken Lau and Joe Stanzione partner with battery companies to pursue high voltage cathodes in all solid-state batteries.
Rowan ChE PhD student wins scholarship award!
Swapana Jerpoth receives a 2023 scholarship award from the STLE Philadelphia Section for her research in sustainability.
Rowan ChE undergraduates win research poster awards!
Four of our ChE undergraduate students win poster awards for their engineering clinic research at the 2023 AIChE Annual Meeting.
Rowan Chemical Engineering welcomes new faculty
Our department welcomes two new Chemical Engineering faculty!
Rowan ChE Professor hosts Crystallization Workshop
Dr. Gerard Capellades hosts Crystallization Workshop, bringing together nearly 30 attendees from academia and industry.
Engineering students address climate change
Rowan engineering students mentored by our ChE faculty are addressing climate change and sustainability issues.
AMMI hosts summer research symposium
AMMI, one of Rowan's major research centers, recently hosted a summer research symposium on advanced and sustainable materials & processing.
ChE Professor named Engineering Unleashed Fellow
Dr. Gerard Capellades is selected as a 2023 Engineering Unleashed Fellow of the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN).
ChE Professor receives NJDEP Grant
Dr. Joe Stanzione receives an NJDEP grant to make local glass recycling more sustainable.
ChE Professor receives NSF Grant
Dr. Gerard Capellades receives an NSF research grant to study impurities in pharmaceutical crystals.
Industrial Advisory Board
Read more about our ChE Industrial Advisory Board members and why they chose Rowan ChE.
ChE Graduates 2023!
Congratulations to our ChE graduates of 2023!
2023 ChE Department Annual Awards
Rowan Chemical Engineering students, faculty and alum receive recognition from our department for their scholarly achievements and exemplary service!
2023 AIChE DVS Academic Awards
Our chemical engineering students and faculty win awards at the 2023 AIChE DVS Academic Awards Ceremony held at Villanova University.
Kickoff Event
Our kickoff event for our Chemical Engineering Professional Development Series will be a panel discussion from six chemical engineering professionals from academia and industry.
ChE Team wins EPA grant
Rowan Chemical Engineering team receives nearly $315K funding from the US EPA Pollution Prevention Program to find greener, more sustainable chemicals.
Another EPA grant
Rowan Chemical Engineering team receives another US EPA Pollution Prevention grant of over $361K to assist the region in improving decision-making and reducing waste in petrochemical-related industries.
2022 AIChE Awards
Dr. Kirti Yenkie and her students won awards at this year's AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
Rowan@AIChE2022
This year our department had a strong presence at the 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.